From an era when the height of fashion was a sandal with carved decoration not spring heels and sport icon signature
December 1st, 2012, 2pm
I am a barefoot minimalist runner, using a similar sandal known as the huarache, brought to prominence by the tarahumara Indians in the book Born to Run.
My sister whilst travelling to southern sudan organizing land for an orphanage, upon spying these ancient footwear sent me the photo.
It remind us all that that “nothing is new under the sun “
Other moments in Addis Ababa
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e·piph·a·nyiˈpifənē/ noun/ 1. the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles as represented by the Magi (Matthew 2:1-12).
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Time to move on ...
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Winter
The end of the year is nigh ...
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Citizen Journalism, Terrorism
When I was a kid, there were no guards at the school gate, let alone those armed with AK-47s !
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Football, soccer
The highway is my soccer field.
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Commutes
Meanwhile ... And this is the pre-construction traffic!
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Street
To acclimatize to Addis one must first learn to give up control. Failure to do so may result in a total loss of sanity.
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Commutes, Urbanism, Terrorism
Morning commute. Mind you, this is not the country side, this is the city center of Ethiopia's capital!
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Parenthood
"Julius, do you want to watch some TV with papa?" "Shhh, I am reading" ...
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia